Would another 9/11 tear America apart or unite her once again?

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Politics_Guy25 (901 posts)        Sat Nov-14-09 10:21 PM
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Would another 9/11 tear America apart or unite her once again?
 Do you think that it would be similar to the reaction after September 11, 2001 with a sense of unity, joint purpose, common cause and desire to seek justice (before Bush turned it into a political sledgehammer to use against the Democrats and used it as a false pretext to invade Iraq) or do you think that it would lead to recriminations, angry accusations, unbelievably hyperbolic rhetoric and all out full blown partisan warfare?

I'm talking something as shocking, as horrifying, as unexpected as 9/11/01. What do you think?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7017373

I can tell you right now you think teabirthers are mad now just wait until we get attacked because Lord O lowered our defenses.

Politics_Guy25 (901 posts)        Sat Nov-14-09 10:34 PM
Response to Reply #2
6. The reason that I ask this is because I think the GOP wants another 9/11
 They would again exploit terrorism the way that they exploited it the first time after September 11, 2001. I would expect the media and public to rally around President Obama the way that they rallied around President Bush. However, I don't like the tone coming from the media about Ft. Hood or at least some elements of the media and it made me question if we'd see the same rallying around.

Ft. Hood and the reaction to it is why I thought to ask this question.

Well buddy, if Obama goes on TV telling us not to jump to conclusions and gave a shout out to someone before addressing the nation about it like he did for FT Hood you are damn right we will be pissed.

PBS Poll-435  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-14-09 10:30 PM
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3. I do not believe that the Republicans would be mature enough to not play politics
 Michael Steele and Newt would on every Sunday talk show blaming the Democrats and Obama for letting such a thing happen.

Oh yeah and dems were so mature and never played politics after 9-11.

Chemisse  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-14-09 10:33 PM
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4. I think it would be divisive.
 The right wingers are far more concerned with tearing Obama down than with the health and safety of this country. I suspect they would respond with the glee of a batch of mischievous gremlins, chirping out their recriminations while happily dissembling the weak structure still holding the country together after such a crisis.

Actually us right wingers believe Obama is destroying the health and safety of our country so that is why we want his policies to fail to protect our country.

Politics_Guy25 (901 posts)        Sat Nov-14-09 10:55 PM
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10. It was a horrifying time for sure
 Edited on Sat Nov-14-09 10:56 PM by Politics_Guy25
I was appalled at what it did to people. It started 8 years of hell. The initial reaction, however, of all members of congress singing GBA on the steps of the capitol and the unity that existed for the rest of that year was a good thing. Bush tore it to shreds in 2002 when he engaged in his 3-pronged strategy to a)take away civil rights through new laws b) drag the world to war with Iraq and c) use it as an issue against the democrats in the 2002 midterms. A different president would have used such a resevoir of good will for far better aims.

What civil rights did Bush take away from us? In 8 years I still haven't had an answer to that question.
You guys just hate the fact that Bush took action to protect us all instead of buying the world a coke.

tabbycat31  (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-14-09 10:57 PM
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11. tear us apart
 The GOP WANTS another 9/11 and that would make things even worse IMO. Look at all they're blaming Obama on now....

We only blame Obama for what he has done and is trying to do. Unlike you goons who blamed Bush when you stubbed your toe on the way to the toilet in the middle of the night.

The last thing the GOP and Conservatives want is another 9-11 that is why what Obama is doing is making us so mad because he is doing things that may lead to another attack. I would much prefer Obama to do what is right even if that means dem majorities for years to come than to have another 9-11 to get the GOP back in power.

[dutch508]

In 1941 we locked all the Japanese up for the duration.

Just saying.

[AllosaursRus]

In 1941 we locked all the Japanese up for the duration.

Just saying.

No shit! FDR would have started rounding up Muslims and interning them the day after 9/11. DUmmies just hate it when you point that little fact out. So would Abe Lincoln, the pres the Bumbler is trying to compare himself to. What a maroon.

[Carl]

Politics_Guy25 (901 posts)        Sat Nov-14-09 10:55 PM
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10. It was a horrifying time for sure
 Edited on Sat Nov-14-09 10:56 PM by Politics_Guy25
I was appalled at what it did to people. It started 8 years of hell. The initial reaction, however, of all members of congress singing GBA on the steps of the capitol and the unity that existed for the rest of that year was a good thing. Bush tore it to shreds in 2002 when he engaged in his 3-pronged strategy to a)take away civil rights through new laws b) drag the world to war with Iraq and c) use it as an issue against the democrats in the 2002 midterms. A different president would have used such a resevoir of good will for far better aims.

How many days after the Oklahoma bombing was it that Bubba appeared and tried to use it to silence his political critics?
Within minutes of Katrina ending your side was excusing the incompetance of a dem mayor and governor trying to make political hay out of the disaster.
Today you and your insane ilk try to twist every event into some sort of political "win"

Cry on to someone else.

[miskie]

Your post fools nobody, Politics_Guy25. You are looking at '10 and seeing nothing but bad news ahead for Democrats, and you are hoping that Obama will be able to pull the country behind him like GWB did during that disaster to save your collective asses at the polls. And it will only cost a the lives of a few thousand people ! What a bargain !

1) Disaster !
2) Blame Bush !
3) Victory !

Of course, it won't work. People will immediately realize that their relative safety after 9/11 vanished under Obama. People also collectively consider Democrats weak on issues involving national security, and this will certainly confirm that in their minds.

[Randy]

Your post fools nobody, Politics_Guy25. You are looking at '10 and seeing nothing but bad news ahead for Democrats, and you are hoping that Obama will be able to pull the country behind him like GWB did during that disaster to save your collective asses at the polls. And it will only cost a the lives of a few thousand people ! What a bargain !

1) Disaster !
2) Blame Bush !
3) Victory !

Of course, it won't work. People will immediately realize that their relative safety after 9/11 vanished under Obama. People also collectively consider Democrats weak on issues involving national security, and this will certainly confirm that in their minds.

This is why you don't hear the truth that Hasans Fort Hood rampage is a terrorist act. Bo should have stopped it but didn't so it'll have to just be a poor deranged guy who was picked on by the mean mean soldiers.

[miskie]

This is why you don't hear the truth that Hasans Fort Hood rampage is a terrorist act. Bo should have stopped it but didn't so it'll have to just be a poor deranged guy who was picked on by the mean mean soldiers.

Don't forget - he also suffered from 2nd hand PTSD he inherited from solders returning from fighting in Bush's illegal and immoral wars... But a terrorist sympathizer ? Inconceivable !

[Linda]

I was listening to the Jerry Doyle Talk Radio Show the other night, he was saying that since 9/11 there have been 113 terrorist related arrest in the USA...and in the last 9 months, since Dr. Utopia became the CIC we have had 50 terrorist related arrest...
60 arrest from 2001 to 2008 and this year alone 50 arrest...

How should we interpret this:

1. Bush kept us safe for all those years
2. The terrorist were more discrete
3. The terrorist aren't worried about any response from the obama administration.
4. The terrorist feel safer and protected under the obama administration.

[jukin]

IMHO, due to Obumbler's dropping of the ball with regards to national security, it will rip the country apart. However it will be a 80/20 split with only 20% hard core moonbat supporting the WON. I would not be surprised to see an impeachment proceeding that even the donks would go with.

Bush: 7 years and 5 months without a domestic terror attack.
Obama: 9 months without a domestic terror attack.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Another such event would certainly engender plenty of anger from one and all againt the perps, but the current administration would not find it to be the unifying experience that President Bush did, there would be plenty of anger left over for them.

[Ptarmigan]

I'd imagine it would be game over and open season on the left.    

[Ptarmigan]

IMHO, due to Obumbler's dropping of the ball with regards to national security, it will rip the country apart. However it will be a 80/20 split with only 20% hard core moonbat supporting the WON. I would not be surprised to see an impeachment proceeding that even the donks would go with.

Bush: 7 years and 5 months without a domestic terror attack.
Obama: 9 months without a domestic terror attack.

How about Clinton
Clinton: 1 month and 6 days without a domestic terror attack.

Also, 9/11 was planned during the Clinton years.